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Article:		Managing ASP.NET Navigation
Subject:		What different between window.open and hyperlink ? Which is good performance
Date:		2003-04-13 16:34:45
From:		anonymous2

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• What different between window.open and hyperlink ? Which is good performance
  2003-04-14 14:45:06  prosser [View]
  
  
  Window.open is a client-side javascript method and has no bearing on performance, at least not with respect to perceived perf by the client. Since that's a purely client-side operation, it really is tangential (and that's stretching it) to any discussion of Response.Redirect/Execute/Transfer.
  
  Although there are times when a window.open should be used, most times it is simpler just to use a normal hyperlink. Exceptions are when you need to navigate via timed event, selection in a dropdown, etc. Keep in mind that if you do an automatic redirection when the user isn't expecting to be redirected that's a bad thing in most cases. Users just hate unpredictable (to them) interfaces.
  
  Just my $0.02...